That's a bad analogy. The proper analogy would be if an employee of a local non-profit art museum advocates for the ban of smoking, you'd boycott going to the museum and raise hell until said employee resigned. Or perhaps even not just any employee, but one on the board of trustees.
We're having trouble teaching people even the most basic things like arithmetic. What makes you think there's any hope for a complex skill like driving?
Make the road test harder. Right now, even the hardest tests are fairly easy, and their difficulty is mostly in knowing and following all of the "rules" that a normal driver usually wouldn't bother with. That needs to be done away with. A road test should measure aptitude on the road, not how well one follows rules written on a piece of paper.
Require a highway portion. Require a reverse-driving portion that's more than the K-turn. Require driving in rain (and snow) conditions. Commercial drivers have a much harder test. Their skill is noticeable. That's the test everyone should be taking as their normal road test.
Sorry, but most of the "people" being run over in this manner are kids who just ran out of the house to say goodbye to daddy or mommy.
And then, there are the idiot drivers who don't even bother looking backwards before backing up. Then when they hit someone, they hit the gas instead of the brakes and call it a brake fault. No camera is going to prevent that kinda of recklessness.
Some people looking for that quick quote or soundbite might stop reading your post after the first few lines or the first paragraph and then go yelling fire into their soapbox.
What was it that Pratchett wrote? "A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on." On the internet, that can apply to sarcasm.
If the placebo effect actually is effective, then it should be considered a form of medical treatment. Don't underestimate the placebo effect and human psychology. Sometimes, the symptoms are a result of a psychological issue, which a placebo would be more than sufficient to treat.
If it doesn't work, then it's time to move onto the strong stuff. But why pump your body up with manufactured pills from big pharma with god-knows how many side effects if sugar pills work to the same effect?
Unfortunately, chiropractors have this association that makes broad, wild, generally unproven claims about what chiropractics can do for people representing them.
Spinal realignment is actually a part of osteopathy. But nobody (especially academics; they have the worst biases) considers that medicine because they're D.O.'s instead of M.D.'s.
Nah, it's not dangerous for Russia at all. Hitler's concentration camps provided a lot of political fodder for other countries to initiate war with Nazi Germany. If Russia doesn't make that mistake, keeps their conquests slow and reasonably managed (i.e. one front), it would not be too difficult for all of the "West", in particular Russian-dependent Western Europe, to overlook their advances into former Soviet territory.
The U.S. is never going to move, as it would lose all of its Asian interests (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, etc.) if it commits to fighting against Russia. U.S. moving against Russia is going to spell MAD, maybe not nuclear MAD, but MAD nonetheless, and there isn't enough political capital in the U.S. to want to risk that.
Western Europe is by and large going to do nothing, since they're heavily dependent on Russian natural gas (by Russian design). They've pretty much alienated everyone else who can provide them with natural resources, except maybe Turkey. And it would be a long, protracted war, as history has told us time and again, which they aren't going to initiate if they don't feel sufficiently threatened, and which won't happen if Russia only moves against countries in the former U.S.S.R. Hell, some people in the U.S. probably couldn't tell you the difference between Russia and U.S.S.R.
Nobody's successfully taken over Russia except for the Mongolians. The Chinese/North Koreans will not move against Russia without significant concessions, at which time they will take over the rest of East and Southeast Asia first before aiming their guns towards Russia if at all, since Russia is more of an ally to them than any "Western" country. In fact, I'd say that if Russia does move against Western Europe, and the U.S. is dragged into a long and protracted European front, that it will be more likely Russia+China+North Korea vs the West rather than Russia vs. the West+Asia.
Putin knows this, and that's why he's able to move against Ukraine now and other parts of Eastern Europe later. There's almost 0 chance of war, and if there is, it will be Russia vs. Ukraine, and no one else. Maybe when it was still the U.S.S.R. 30 years earlier, there was enough political capital to commit to a war with the Soviets, but the West is war-weary and the "Western" populace in particular is disinterested in fighting someone else's war at this point.
If things go this route, I suspect it'll be Estonia, and Latvia since there's a sizeable Russian population there. I'm pretty sure it'll be Lithuania, and Belarus after that, to make Kaliningrad contiguous with the rest of Russia. Or, we could be hopeful that Putin will stop with Crimea. I wouldn't count on it though.
No, that phenomenon is a result of genetic stagnation. Population density is only bad if hygene is poor and social services (*ahem* health care *ahem*) are poor. Otherwise, there's nothing wrong with it.
The H041 outbreak doesn't exist. H041 was one strain found in Japan that was never found again. MRSA is a result of overuse of antibiotics, especially in livestock feed, where much of it runs off into groundwater in minute quantities. And antibiotic resistance transfers between bacteria, so one bacteria that develops resistance can basically "infect" its neighbors to also be resistance.
None of this is due to population density. There are numerous places with much higher population density, without so many widespread health issues. The anti-social behavior of American culture doesn't help either.
People want convenience and security concurrently. We know from our efforts at securing physical systems that this isn't possible. What makes you think securing electronic systems will be any easier for the end user, especially since physical harm is not a deterrent to an intruder?
To always be on our guard, to never take things for granted, to not trust even what seems like the most fundamental methods of communication, these are not things the (normal) human brain is wired for. Yet, that's what's required of security in the digital age. This just isn't something humans are evolutionarily prepared for. Our brains are wired to trust. They are made to accept others at their word. That is the mentality of a normal person.
Many years ago, people were tricked by door-to-door con jobs. Today, the same con men can hit every door in the world all at once. The only way to win is to not play. Or, in some cases, play with very low, inconsequential stakes.
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That's a bad analogy. The proper analogy would be if an employee of a local non-profit art museum advocates for the ban of smoking, you'd boycott going to the museum and raise hell until said employee resigned. Or perhaps even not just any employee, but one on the board of trustees.
Public pressure managed to ruin a man's professional career due to his personal beliefs. McCarthy would be proud indeed.
And even better, he wouldn't have had to lift a finger today to get the same results.
How's that better than choosing to not come out because a cross-section of society will persecute you?
For all the "progress" society has supposedly made, this entire affair shows it's still the same bullshit, just pointed in the other direction now.
Teach people how to drive.
We're having trouble teaching people even the most basic things like arithmetic. What makes you think there's any hope for a complex skill like driving?
Make the road test harder. Right now, even the hardest tests are fairly easy, and their difficulty is mostly in knowing and following all of the "rules" that a normal driver usually wouldn't bother with. That needs to be done away with. A road test should measure aptitude on the road, not how well one follows rules written on a piece of paper.
Require a highway portion. Require a reverse-driving portion that's more than the K-turn. Require driving in rain (and snow) conditions. Commercial drivers have a much harder test. Their skill is noticeable. That's the test everyone should be taking as their normal road test.
Also, require a retest once every ten years.
Sorry, but most of the "people" being run over in this manner are kids who just ran out of the house to say goodbye to daddy or mommy.
And then, there are the idiot drivers who don't even bother looking backwards before backing up. Then when they hit someone, they hit the gas instead of the brakes and call it a brake fault. No camera is going to prevent that kinda of recklessness.
This must be how they're solving the age-old dilemma of getting people to read the summary before replying.
Be careful of what you post on the internet.
Some people looking for that quick quote or soundbite might stop reading your post after the first few lines or the first paragraph and then go yelling fire into their soapbox.
What was it that Pratchett wrote? "A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on." On the internet, that can apply to sarcasm.
Ok... how about... the marquee tag!
You forgot NoScript. That single-handedly, even more so than AdBlock, prevents a good chunk of website-delivered malware from running client-side.
It can't help if you trust the wrong site that's compromised by injection or some other method though.
That's where they're going to send ship B.
Like the Secret Service perhaps?
Selling heros, however, is an everyday occurrence, especially in delis.
Problem is it's matter of the second law of thermodynamics, which is always more of a one way street.
FTFY. I'm waiting for the yang of that yin to show up. Maybe it won't.
If the placebo effect actually is effective, then it should be considered a form of medical treatment. Don't underestimate the placebo effect and human psychology. Sometimes, the symptoms are a result of a psychological issue, which a placebo would be more than sufficient to treat.
If it doesn't work, then it's time to move onto the strong stuff. But why pump your body up with manufactured pills from big pharma with god-knows how many side effects if sugar pills work to the same effect?
Unfortunately, chiropractors have this association that makes broad, wild, generally unproven claims about what chiropractics can do for people representing them.
Spinal realignment is actually a part of osteopathy. But nobody (especially academics; they have the worst biases) considers that medicine because they're D.O.'s instead of M.D.'s.
No chairs were harmed in the act.
Nah, it's not dangerous for Russia at all. Hitler's concentration camps provided a lot of political fodder for other countries to initiate war with Nazi Germany. If Russia doesn't make that mistake, keeps their conquests slow and reasonably managed (i.e. one front), it would not be too difficult for all of the "West", in particular Russian-dependent Western Europe, to overlook their advances into former Soviet territory.
The U.S. is never going to move, as it would lose all of its Asian interests (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, etc.) if it commits to fighting against Russia. U.S. moving against Russia is going to spell MAD, maybe not nuclear MAD, but MAD nonetheless, and there isn't enough political capital in the U.S. to want to risk that.
Western Europe is by and large going to do nothing, since they're heavily dependent on Russian natural gas (by Russian design). They've pretty much alienated everyone else who can provide them with natural resources, except maybe Turkey. And it would be a long, protracted war, as history has told us time and again, which they aren't going to initiate if they don't feel sufficiently threatened, and which won't happen if Russia only moves against countries in the former U.S.S.R. Hell, some people in the U.S. probably couldn't tell you the difference between Russia and U.S.S.R.
Nobody's successfully taken over Russia except for the Mongolians. The Chinese/North Koreans will not move against Russia without significant concessions, at which time they will take over the rest of East and Southeast Asia first before aiming their guns towards Russia if at all, since Russia is more of an ally to them than any "Western" country. In fact, I'd say that if Russia does move against Western Europe, and the U.S. is dragged into a long and protracted European front, that it will be more likely Russia+China+North Korea vs the West rather than Russia vs. the West+Asia.
Putin knows this, and that's why he's able to move against Ukraine now and other parts of Eastern Europe later. There's almost 0 chance of war, and if there is, it will be Russia vs. Ukraine, and no one else. Maybe when it was still the U.S.S.R. 30 years earlier, there was enough political capital to commit to a war with the Soviets, but the West is war-weary and the "Western" populace in particular is disinterested in fighting someone else's war at this point.
If things go this route, I suspect it'll be Estonia, and Latvia since there's a sizeable Russian population there. I'm pretty sure it'll be Lithuania, and Belarus after that, to make Kaliningrad contiguous with the rest of Russia. Or, we could be hopeful that Putin will stop with Crimea. I wouldn't count on it though.
They forgot to flex when they were talking to the media.
No, that phenomenon is a result of genetic stagnation. Population density is only bad if hygene is poor and social services (*ahem* health care *ahem*) are poor. Otherwise, there's nothing wrong with it.
The H041 outbreak doesn't exist. H041 was one strain found in Japan that was never found again. MRSA is a result of overuse of antibiotics, especially in livestock feed, where much of it runs off into groundwater in minute quantities. And antibiotic resistance transfers between bacteria, so one bacteria that develops resistance can basically "infect" its neighbors to also be resistance.
None of this is due to population density. There are numerous places with much higher population density, without so many widespread health issues. The anti-social behavior of American culture doesn't help either.
That's to squeeze all the blood out of his brain. Blood is a sign of indoctrination into oxygen-dependency.
I think GP mistook the Rafale for an Italian painter who lived in the sewers of NYC with a giant talking rat.
People want convenience and security concurrently. We know from our efforts at securing physical systems that this isn't possible. What makes you think securing electronic systems will be any easier for the end user, especially since physical harm is not a deterrent to an intruder?
To always be on our guard, to never take things for granted, to not trust even what seems like the most fundamental methods of communication, these are not things the (normal) human brain is wired for. Yet, that's what's required of security in the digital age. This just isn't something humans are evolutionarily prepared for. Our brains are wired to trust. They are made to accept others at their word. That is the mentality of a normal person.
Many years ago, people were tricked by door-to-door con jobs. Today, the same con men can hit every door in the world all at once. The only way to win is to not play. Or, in some cases, play with very low, inconsequential stakes.
It'll be fun
Famous last words.
Oh, it's going to be incredibly game-changing. People are going to stop buying the machines. Take that, game!